Processing and transmission of audio, video and metadata

Abstract

A method and apparatus are described including receiving video data and video metadata, receiving audio data and audio metadata, receiving any other captured data and any other captured metadata, receiving any manually entered data, determining if any of the received data may be combined, combining any received data that is able to be combined and transmitting any combined data and any data that was not able to be combined to a studio apparatus. Also described are a method and apparatus including receiving data from a movie set, parsing received video metadata, parsing received audio metadata, validating said received data, said parsed video metadata and said parsed audio metadata and transmitting processed data back to said movie set.

1 . A method, said method comprising;
 receiving video data and video metadata from a first on set device;   receiving audio data and audio metadata from a second on set device;   receiving any other captured data and any other captured metadata from a third on set device;   receiving any manually entered data from a fourth on set device;   determining if any of the received data may be combined by a fifth on set device;   combining any received data that is able to be combined by said fifth on set device; and   transmitting by said fifth on set device any combined data and any data that was not able to be combined to a studio apparatus.   
     
     
         2 . The method according to  claim 1 , wherein received data that is able to be combined is combined sequentially. 
     
     
         3 . The method according to  claim 1 , wherein received data that is able to be combined is combined by integration. 
     
     
         4 . The method according to  claim 1 , wherein metadata for said combined data is stored ahead of said combined data. 
     
     
         5 . The method according to  claim 1 , wherein metadata for said combined data is stored after of said combined data. 
     
     
         6 . The method according to  claim 2 , wherein metadata for said combined data is stored between units of combined data. 
     
     
         7 . An apparatus, comprising;
 means for receiving video data and video metadata from a first on set device;   means for receiving audio data and audio metadata from a second on set device;   means for receiving any other captured data and any other captured metadata from a third on set device;   means for receiving any manually entered data from a fourth on set device;   means for determining if any of the received data may be combined by a fifth on set device;   means for combining by said fifth on set device any received data that is able to be combined; and   means for transmitting by said fifth on set device any combined data and any data that was not able to be combined to a studio apparatus.   
     
     
         8 . A method, said method comprising:
 receiving data from a plurality of on set devices movie set by a studio device;   parsing by said studio device received video metadata;   parsing by said studio device received audio metadata;   validating by said studio device said received data, said parsed video metadata and said parsed audio metadata; and   transmitting by said studio device processed data back to said movie set.   
     
     
         9 . The method according to  claim 8 , wherein said processed data includes said validated received data, said validated parsed video metadata and said validated parsed audio metadata. 
     
     
         10 . The method according to  claim 8 , wherein said received data includes video data, video metadata, audio data, audio metadata, any other captured data, any other captured metadata and any manually entered data. 
     
     
         11 . The method according to  claim 8 , further comprising determining if approval has been received and if said approval has been received, then further comprising:
 generating reports from said received data and performing file conversions on said received data;   transmitting said file converted data and said reports to an editorial department;   transmitting said file converted data and said reports to a shooting department;   transmitting said file converted data and said reports to a visual effects department; and   transmitting said file converted data and said reports to a sound department.   
     
     
         12 . An apparatus, comprising:
 means for receiving data from a plurality of on set devices from a movie set by a studio device;   means for parsing received video metadata by said studio device;   means for parsing received audio metadata by said studio device;   means for validating said received data by said studio device, said parsed video metadata and said parsed audio metadata; and   means for transmitting by said studio device processed data back to said movie set.   
     
     
         13 . The apparatus according to  claim 12 , further comprising means for determining if approval has been received and if said approval has been received, then further comprising:
 means for generating reports from said received data and performing file conversions on said received data;   means for transmitting said file converted data and said reports to an editorial department;   means for transmitting said file converted data and said reports to a shooting department;   means for transmitting said file converted data and said reports to a visual effects department; and   means for transmitting said file converted data and said reports to a sound department.